Hi there,
Happy New Month!
It's been a minute. Remember me?
Last year, I was an intern. This year, I have a name; I’m Victor! How have you been? 🥰
I hope the recent fuel scarcity isn't affecting your drive to achieve your goals. I also hope the scorching sun has been helping you keep your fire alive.
PAADC 7.0 Recap
Since we closed the curtains on PAADC 7.0’s grand finale, we’ve been working tirelessly behind the scenes to lay the foundation for the next edition.
We'll share more details but first, let's reminisce on the events of PAADC 7.0.
We had 100+ applications from over 30 institutions.
Over 2500 people registered to attend and we filled the main auditorium to THE BRIM.
We sold over 150 merch items.
We had diverse speakers and panelists—top individuals in their industries—come speak to us.
We had support from MTN, Kawai Technologies, Paga, Endeavor, Africa FinTech Foundry, KAAF and Bluechip Technologies
Our winners carted away with 4.5 million naira collectively and everyone in attendance had a swell time.
It goes without saying that Item 7 was bussing. Evidence dey. 👍
The energy in the main auditorium was electrifying! 🔥
These pictures highlight some of the moments from this memorable day. This video captures the scenes beautifully.
None of these could have been possible without the devoted effort and unwavering consistency of our volunteers.
Everyone—from the chairman, Alabi Sheriff, to the team leads, team members, and the entire volunteer community—gave their best to make PAADC 7.0 a success. And we’re grateful to all of you! 💚
Abigail Moejoh, a volunteer from the Content team, made this video about her experience volunteering for PAADC 7.0. Matthew Dada also shared his experience leading the Quality Control team for 7.0. You can read the details here.
All of these throwbacks to tell you what?
PAADC is back!!!
Your favorite student-led innovation competition is back again!!!
You can join our volunteers’ community. Click this link if you’re interested.
This year’s edition promises to be more exciting. We have big plans in the pipes to ensure PAADC 8.0 is an experience that’ll be etched in the memory of everyone—applicants, volunteers, and even you, our newsletter readers. But…
According to Henry Ford, “Vision without execution is just a hallucination.”
To execute our vision for PAADC 8.0, we assembled some superheroes with special abilities to transform our visions into reality.
Guess who. 👀
Before I tell you, I need you to fill out a form very quickly. If you’ve ever bought any PAADC merch—from 7.0 or any of the previous years—we need your feedback.
We want to know what you loved about your merch and what you'd like us to improve. We want everyone to slay in 8.0 merch, and that’s why we need your feedback.
Fill out the Merch feedback form here.
Now, back to our superheroes…
This year's edition will be led by Nusaybah Fuad-Gafar and Clinton Mekwunye as the Chairman and Deputy Chairman.
That said…
Applications Szn Soon! 🥳🤩
We're gradually entering the most anticipated phase in every PAADC edition: The Application Phase.
When you wrote your wish list on New Year's Day, I'm sure you wrote about getting the bag and getting that big break. PAADC 8.0 is your chance. 🫵
Are you going to grab that bag or let it pass you by? 🤨
Fellow bag grabbers, look out for my next letter. I look forward to writing to you again.
P.S. We have a theme for PAADC 8.0. Drop a comment and tell me what you think it is. If you guess right, I’ll give you a shout-out. Avoid all PAADC 8.0 executives, by the way. 🫵
As Machala said, “Stay blessed. Stay humble. Stay happy. And enjoy the pains & joys of life.”
Bye!